Testing times for animals

AUTHOR(S)

O'Driscoll, Cath

PUB. DATE

July 2006

SOURCE

ICIS Chemical Business;7/3/2006, Vol. 1 Issue 26, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article focuses on the European initiatives to promote alternatives to animal testing. The introduction of the 2007 long-awaited Reach legislation has been variously estimated as requiting anywhere from a few million to 40 million animals. According to Colin Humphris, co-chair of the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing, and executive director for research and science at Cefic, alternative methods have been developed for only a few toxicological endpoints that, overall, do not demand the highest animal numbers.

ACCESSION #

21764226

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